{Danny} Finally sleeping under the stars

[[Jeni Lee : Danny : Graci]]

He gasped and sat down in a nearby chair. "Are, are, are you sure? She's not alive?" A tear rolled down his cheek. Although they weren't his children, he still cared for Mystic, and the newborn children.

[[.Rabbit.David.Mystic Pearl.]]

The nurse nods a little. "Yes...They did try everything they could. I'm sorry. ..Are you the father?" She hadn't been informed of the circumstances surrounding this case, but assumes the man is the father. And if not, she'll feel like an idiot. They start to wheel Mystic out. She's just barely out of sedation, in a lot of pain, and groggy.

[[Jeni Lee : Danny : Graci]]

He shook his head. "No...I'm just...a friend." he said softly, moving towards Mystic and away from the nurse. "Mystic...I'm here...I told you I'd be with you." he said, smiling, trying to forget about the terrible news he'd heard only seconds before.

[[.Rabbit.David.Mystic Pearl.]]

She mumbles something, offering a weak smile. She's still fading in and out from the anesthesia. They wheel her into another room, leaving Danny with instructions to contact a doctor or nurse when Mystic wakes up. Mystic hasn't been told anything about any of the babies yet.

[[Jeni Lee : Danny : Graci]]

Danny nods to the instructions and follows Mystic into the room. He moves to her head and nods as the nurses and such leave the room. He kisses her cheek and smiles, brushing back her hair. "Hi there gorgeous..." he said, smiling.

[[.Rabbit.David.Mystic Pearl.]]

Mystic groans a little. It hurts incredibly bad. She mumbles something several times before finally being able to say one word that actually makes sense: "How..?"

[[Jeni Lee : Danny : Graci]]

"The boys are gorgeous. They really are, small, but gorgeous." he said, holding her hand and giving it a light squeeze.

[[.Rabbit.David.Mystic Pearl.]]

She gives Danny's hand a light squeeze back. She struggles for a few moments to stay awake, but then goes to sleep. She shifts between awake and asleep several times before managing to keep herself awake, and not sounding like she's stoned, though her voice is really quiet. "Do you know if...if they're...alright?"

[[Jeni Lee : Danny : Graci]]

"I haven't seen them yet, except in passing...but they are two beautiful boys. I'm supposed to get the doctor now." he said, trying to smile and be strong. He bit his lip, trying to decide whether or not he should tell Mystic about the baby girl. He decided "no" at the moment and smiled down at her, his grey-blue optics still misty from before.

[[.Rabbit.David.Mystic Pearl.]]

[coor=FF00FF]"Alright,"[/color] she says, assuming that the doctors will let her see her babies soon. Then she thinks about what Danny just said, and something doesn't add up. "Two...boys? Two? What about..?" She can't bring herself to finish the sentence. Had something gone wrong?

[[Jeni Lee : Danny : Graci]]

At her words he realized what he said. He bit his lip lightly before nealing near the bed. "Mystic...the girl...she was littler than the boys, and they tried, but she didn't make it. I'm so sorry." he said, his voice barely above a whisper, a tear dropping onto his cheek.

[[.Rabbit.David.Mystic Pearl.]]

Mystic places her free hand over her mouth, and closes her eyes. A few tears roll down her cheeks. She'd been afraid of one baby dying. Now what happens if the others die as well? She feels even worse, because she hadn't thought of any names. "Can..can I see her?" She knows she might not be able to let the little girl go, but she also knows she won't be able to live with herself if she doesn't see her.

[[Jeni Lee : Danny : Graci]]

Danny offered a nervous smile, as a tear fell from his eyes. "I don't know Mystic. But I can ask..." he said, his voice shaking. He squeezed her hand lightly before kissing her forehead. "Do you want me to see?" he asked.

[[.Rabbit.David.Mystic Pearl.]]

"Only...only if you want to.." Personally, she thinks it would be easier if he were there, but doesn't want to put that burden on him if he doesn't want it.

[[Jeni Lee : Danny : Graci]]

"I think it's probably better if we see...if you see her." he wanted to see the baby, but he didn't know if she wanted him to. He took a few steps into the hall, seeing the nurse who'd broke the terrible news to him. "Nurse, I have another question." he said softly.

[[.Rabbit.David.Mystic Pearl.]]

The nurse looks up at him. "Yes?"

Mystic cries quietly while Danny is gone. She's never really lost a loved one, at least not a child, so this is new to her. But she knows, she has to stay strong for the other two.

[[Jeni Lee : Danny : Graci]]

His face is solemn, almost emotionless, although he was upset. "We...she wants to see the baby."

[[.Rabbit.David.Mystic Pearl.]]

"I'll go see what I can do..." She gets up from the chair she'd been sitting in, and heads into another room. She comes back a couple minutes later, with a very tiny baby girl, wraped in a pink blanket. It's obvious the child is dead, because her skin is tinted blue. But she's a pretty little girl nonetheless. "Do you want to take it to her, or do you want me to carry it in?"

[[Jeni Lee : Danny : Graci]]

A tear ran down his face as his shaky voice answered, "I'll do it. I think it would be easier that way." he said as he took the baby. He looked at her quietly. She was so pretty. He sniffed lightly as he entered the room. "Here she is." he said, moving towards her, carefully holding the baby girl.

[[.Rabbit.David.Mystic Pearl.]]

Mystic hesitates for a second, but finally forces herself to look. She lightly bites her lower lip, trying not to cry. "She's so..tiny.." She could fit in the palm of Danny's hand easily.

[[Jeni Lee : Danny : Graci]]

"Yeah, I know, but the boys, they're bigger, they're stronger." he said, trying to bestow a bit of hope upon Mystic.

[[.Rabbit.David.Mystic Pearl.]]

True, the two boys are bigger than their sister, but not by much. They're still really small as well, and will have a long road ahead of them if they're gonig to survive. Mystic looks the tiny, dead, baby over, and swallows hard. She wants to hold her, but is almost afraid to ask, afraid she might break the baby or something.

[[Jeni Lee : Danny : Graci]]

"Do you want to hold her, to touch her?" he asked softly, a tear rolling down his cheek, falling onto his shirt. He ran a gentle figer over the babie's tiny hand and half smiled. "She was so beautiful." he said softly.

[[.Rabbit.David.Mystic Pearl.]]

Mystic nods a little. She pushes the button on the side of the bed so it goes up at a steeper angle, so she has something to lean against while she sits up. She's still in a lot of pain, especially where they made the incision. But she ignores it, wanting to hold the tiny baby. "Yeah...she was..."

[[Jeni Lee : Danny : Graci]]

He hands her the baby, slowly. It was so little..."The boys are beautiful too Mystic, you'll get to see them soon, I'm sure." he said quietly, remembering the boys. They were identical, and beautiful. He felt...something different around the babies. They weren't his, but he was attatched to them, that fatherly attatchment.